Official UK procurement notice
LGA Graduate Programmes Assessment Centre Exercises and Design 2026
Authority: Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government (IDeA) (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAs part of the LGA’s three graduate programmes, the Impact: The Local Government Graduate Programme, Impact: Finance, and Pathways to Planning, the LGA wishes to receive bids from individuals, organisations or sole traders to create materials for our assessment centres for each of the three programmes. The successful supplier will develop exercises and mark schemes aligned to each programme’s competency framework. This will include initial design, piloting with an appropriate sample group, analysis of outcomes and refinement of the materials as required, with the explicit aim of ensuring the assessment is robust, accessible and minimises adverse impact.
CPV: Assessment centre services for recruitment
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£125,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Lot awarding rule: QUALITY - 60% PRICE - 40%
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 3 Aug 2026, 13:40 BST
- Last source update
- 3 Aug 2026, 13:40 BST
- Authority reference
LGA ASSESSORS- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-073194- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d9fcFind a Tender
- Reserved participation area
- K02000001
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 24 Aug 2026, 09:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 17 Aug 2026, 09:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Timeline
3 Aug 2026 → 2 Sept 2026 · 4 dates- Tender notice published79 days ago3 Aug 2026, 13:40 BST
- Clarification questions by65 days ago17 Aug 2026, 09:00 BST
- Submission deadline58 days ago24 Aug 2026, 09:00 BST
- Contract starts49 days ago2 Sept 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published3 Aug 2026, 13:40 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender